Ai Zhen

698 total citations
19 papers, 566 citations indexed

About

Ai Zhen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ai Zhen has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 566 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Plant Science, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ai Zhen's work include Plant Disease Management Techniques (12 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (10 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (6 papers). Ai Zhen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Disease Management Techniques (12 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (10 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (6 papers). Ai Zhen collaborates with scholars based in China, Tunisia and Nepal. Ai Zhen's co-authors include Zhilong Bie, Yuan Huang, Zhixiong Liu, Bo Lei, Bin Hua, Xiaohui Hu, Mengliang Niu, Liang Zhang, Yuanhao Huang and Chao Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Plant and Soil and Physiologia Plantarum.

In The Last Decade

Ai Zhen

19 papers receiving 533 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ai Zhen China 14 546 124 31 20 19 19 566
Longqiang Bai China 14 573 1.0× 201 1.6× 31 1.0× 10 0.5× 21 1.1× 27 629
Xianzhi Sun China 11 305 0.6× 119 1.0× 17 0.5× 13 0.7× 13 0.7× 23 365
Gabriela Gołębiowska Poland 14 383 0.7× 165 1.3× 27 0.9× 17 0.8× 54 2.8× 29 421
Sudheer Kumar Yadav India 9 360 0.7× 92 0.7× 73 2.4× 8 0.4× 16 0.8× 18 417
Anne-Maarit Bågman United States 8 498 0.9× 303 2.4× 12 0.4× 16 0.8× 17 0.9× 8 571
Patrice de Werra Switzerland 7 273 0.5× 86 0.7× 62 2.0× 18 0.9× 7 0.4× 10 335
Sam D. Cook Australia 7 317 0.6× 178 1.4× 14 0.5× 10 0.5× 16 0.8× 8 378
Daphnée Brulé France 11 484 0.9× 75 0.6× 47 1.5× 10 0.5× 14 0.7× 17 523
Benoît Porcheron France 8 658 1.2× 227 1.8× 15 0.5× 15 0.8× 20 1.1× 14 697

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ai Zhen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ai Zhen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ai Zhen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ai Zhen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ai Zhen. Ai Zhen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Wang, Xun, et al.. (2025). Grafting improves nitrogen efficiency and stabilizes yield and quality of cucumber by enhancing the NO 3 − uptake. Physiologia Plantarum. 177(2). e70152–e70152. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaoling, et al.. (2021). Grafting improves nitrogen-use efficiency by regulating the nitrogen uptake and metabolism under low-nitrate conditions in cucumber. Scientia Horticulturae. 289. 110454–110454. 13 indexed citations
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Zhen, Ai, et al.. (2017). Exogenous GABA application improves the NO 3 − -N absorption and assimilation in Ca(NO 3 ) 2 -treated muskmelon seedlings. Scientia Horticulturae. 227. 117–123. 21 indexed citations
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Zhen, Ai, et al.. (2016). [Effect of exogenous γ-aminobutyric acid on NO3--N assimilation in muskmelon under Ca(NO3)2 stress].. PubMed. 27(12). 3987–3995. 4 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuan, et al.. (2015). EFFECTS OF ISO-OSMOTIC NA+, CL- AND NACL STRESS ON THE PLANT GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF GRAFTED CUCUMBER. Acta Horticulturae. 153–160. 3 indexed citations
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Lei, Bo, et al.. (2013). Increased cucumber salt tolerance by grafting on pumpkin rootstock and after application of calcium. Biologia Plantarum. 58(1). 179–184. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhixiong, Zhilong Bie, Yuan Huang, et al.. (2013). Rootstocks improve cucumber photosynthesis through nitrogen metabolism regulation under salt stress. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 35(7). 2259–2267. 26 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuan, Zhilong Bie, Pengyi Liu, et al.. (2012). Reciprocal grafting between cucumber and pumpkin demonstrates the roles of the rootstock in the determination of cucumber salt tolerance and sodium accumulation. Scientia Horticulturae. 149. 47–54. 55 indexed citations
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Bie, Zhilong, et al.. (2012). Grafting onto Cucurbita moschata rootstock alleviates salt stress in cucumber plants by delaying photoinhibition. Photosynthetica. 50(1). 152–160. 27 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuan, et al.. (2011). Improving cucumber photosynthetic capacity under NaCl stress by grafting onto two salt-tolerant pumpkin rootstocks. Biologia Plantarum. 55(2). 285–290. 24 indexed citations
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Zhen, Ai, Zhilong Bie, Yuan Huang, Zhixiong Liu, & Bo Lei. (2011). Effects of salt-tolerant rootstock grafting on ultrastructure, photosynthetic capacity, and H2O2-scavenging system in chloroplasts of cucumber seedlings under NaCl stress. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 33(6). 2311–2319. 22 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuan, et al.. (2010). Improving cucumber tolerance to major nutrients induced salinity by grafting onto Cucurbita ficifolia. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 69(1). 32–38. 91 indexed citations
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Zhen, Ai, et al.. (2010). Effects of scion and rootstock genotypes on the anti-oxidant defense systems of grafted cucumber seedlings under NaCl stress. Soil Science & Plant Nutrition. 56(2). 263–271. 43 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuan, et al.. (2009). Organic and inorganic solutes accumulation in the leaves and roots of grafted and ungrafted cucumber plants in response to NaCl stress. Journal of Food Agriculture & Environment. 7(2). 703–708. 22 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuan, et al.. (2009). Protective role of proline against salt stress is partially related to the improvement of water status and peroxidase enzyme activity in cucumber. Soil Science & Plant Nutrition. 55(5). 698–704. 82 indexed citations
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Zhen, Ai, et al.. (2006). Effects of Suboptimal Temperature and Low Temperature under Low Light Intensity on Stomatal Characteristics and Chloroplast Ultrastructure of Cucumber Seedlings. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 39(10). 2063–2068. 6 indexed citations

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